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Description
Property Name: Caravanserai of Fatehpur Sikri
Inventory No: 91-5619-7
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-06-11
Country (State party): India
Province: Uttar Pradesh
Town: Fatehpur Sikri
Geographic coordinates: 27° 5′ 51.64″ N
77° 39′ 46.07″ E
Historic Period: 16th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction:
Style: Mughal
Original Use: Caravanserai
Current Use: Touristic
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The caravanserai is a fortified structure with octagonal bastions on the corners and a large courtyard.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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References
S. A. A. Rizvi and V. Flynn: Fathpur Sikri (Bombay, 1975)